(33 quotes found)
“Wrong decisions are based on lack of information or misinformation. Before making a critical decision, ask yourself, do I have all the right information? and did I validate my assumptions?”
Med Yones
“The CEO’s key challenge in formulating and executing the right strategy is not in finding answers to the tough questions, the challenge is in asking the right questions [On how to Evaluate a CEO]”
“Knowledge networks will revolutionize the global economy. They will change the way we think, learn and work. The prosperity of a nation and its industries will be determined to a large degree by how well they can leverage the global knowledge networks to develop their resources, collaborate, innovate, and market their products and services”
“The worst thing that could happen to any economy is the loss of confidence”
“God created land, politicians created boundaries”
“CEO's performance is as good as the performance of his middle managers”
“It is not possible to have a politics-free organization. The desire for power and control is part of human nature. Successful business leaders know how to leverage politics by setting performance-oriented instead of resources-oriented policy rewards”
“Leadership excellence requires a balanced mix of paradoxes. Leaders need to be visionary yet practical, teachers yet learners, and believers yet open-minded”
“For the desert, a camel is better than a horse”
“The leadership team is the most important asset of the company and can be its worst liability”